Professional Diploma In Business Intelligence (PDBI)

Course details

This course aims to provide qualifications to pursue a business intelligence career. Upon completion of this course, students will be able to assume business intelligence job roles and proceed to take SAP BI certification.

How will I benefit from taking this course?

Gain a deeper understanding of Business Intelligence concepts. Know what to look for in your BI system to extend your skills. Expand your current BI skills by learning how to use the leading BI platform and software from SAP!

• Upgrade your current competencies by acquiring functional and technical skills in Business Intelligence
• Assume job roles in Business Intelligence
• Learn how to configure the SAP Business Intelligence (BI) system
• Be eligible to take the SAP BI certification exam and become a certified SAP BI consultant!

What will I learn?

At the end of the course, students will to pursue career up gradation or transition to Business data warehousing area. Students will also be able to acquire the necessary competencies that would meet the job roles requirements

Students will acquire knowledge and skills in:

• Datawarehousing and architecture
• Implementation and administration of SAP BI system
• Extraction, Universal data integration , exchange infrastructure
• Planning and designing of reports and models
• Data acquisition
• BI integrated planning

Course Outline

• Introduction to Business Intelligence- Business Intelligence has been identified by analysts one of the key drivers of a company's business strategy. This unit of study covers both theoretical and practical aspects of Business Intelligence including data warehousing. Students can use SAP's Business Intelligence Warehouse in the workshops to reinforce many of the theoretical concepts.
• Business Intelligence Applications - Students will be exposed to Business Intelligence applications in different industries. Students will also will be exposed to the SAP BW 001 module, which contains Integration of BI capabilities in SAP Netweaver, Architecture and functions of BI, and Business planning and analytical service.
• Data Modelling and Transformation - In this unit, students will explore to understand the BI tools and gain a high-level understanding of their functions; define and design a data model in BI to fulfill the information requirements of the company for a cost center accounting scenario; use extraction, transformation and loading (ETL); use SAP Business Content to speed up the implementation of BI and to know what tools are available for improving query run time (SAP Module TBW10)
• Business Intelligence Queries and Reports - In this unit, students will learn how to use SAP NetWeaver BI as a flexible analytical tool to create structures reports for decision – making support in the organization; evaluate past and current data to different levels of detail and from different perspectives on the Web and in Microsoft Excel (SAP Module TBW 20)
• Strategic Use of Business Intelligence - In this unit, students will gain the skills and knowledge in BI extraction with UDI , XI and APD , universal data integration, Exchange Infrastructure, process designer analysis and transport management (SAP Module TBW41)Students will also gain additional knowledge of data modelling, use BI content to accelerate BW implementation, define and implement multi – dimensional, logical and physical model scenarios to fulfill information requirements and to understand the concept of slow changing dimensions (SAP Module TBW 42)
• Business Intelligence Project - Students will gain the detailed BI knowledge necessary to carry out successful implementation and administration within a heterogeneous SAP BI system landscape (TBW 45). This includes:
  • BEx Reporting Tools
  • General BEx Features and Information Broadcasting
  • Planning Model Design and Planning Functions
  • Input Enabled Queries, Planning Applications and Miscellaneous topics in Business Planning
  • Analysis Process Design

Entry Requirments

• Students must have Bachelor degree and IELTS 6.5. Students, who have been taught at Bachelor level with English as medium of instruction, may not need IELTS score.
• Students with Diploma and minimum 5 years of working experience may apply.
• Student should not be barred by WDA from taking assistance of funding schemes. Students must be Singaporean / SPR to avail of WDA funding